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This project seeks to contribute new evidence on IPV prevention by evaluating the impact of an interactive WhatsApp-based couples communication, financial education, and Covid-19 information program targeting minimum-wage households in Colombia receiving pre...

The Government of Rajasthan (GoR) launched the BSBY program 4 years ago to increase equity in health care access, utilization, and outcomes. The program pays hospitals to provide free secondary and tertiary care to poor households. Analyses of administrative...

Local community health centers (“Janta Clinics” in Rajasthan), which serve as the first point of contact for patients by offering a basic high-quality package of primary healthcare services (consultations, diagnostic testing, and medicines) for free, have...

The Coronavirus pandemic does not only impose a global health threat but is also accompanied by an economic shutdown in many countries. Such a shock poses a particularly large risk for the poor in developing countries who often have highly vulnerable income...

Nationwide lockdowns and social distancing strategies in response to COVID-19 threaten the daily operations of small businesses, undermining a critical--and often only--source of daily income for vulnerable populations. Sudden economic hardship, psychosocial...

This study aims to assess the short- and medium-term impact of Covid-19 on a particularly vulnerable and large but difficult to reach population in India: temporary migrants. Building on a sample of urban migrants from a previous study, we will conduct phone...

The Government of Togo has launched an ambitious cash transfer program to provide immediate cash support to poor households that are impacted by COVID-19. The project will assist the government response by improving geographic targeting by building high...

In collaboration with the Peruvian Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (MIMP), this project will co-create and evaluate the impact of an intimate partner violence (IPV) awareness campaign delivered remotely that is specifically targeted to men at risk...